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Early Education for Dual Language Learners: Promoting School Readiness and Early School Success
Spanish-speaking Dual Language Learners enter kindergarten far behind peers. High-quality early education supporting both English and home language is attainable and effective.
10th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference
The 10th annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference featured keynotes by U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, and panel discussions on the prospects for legislative action, policy options, and political mobilization; lessons learned from past immigration legislation and programs; and an assessment of current conditions at the U.S. border and considerations for future policy.
Naturalization Trends in the United States
Naturalized immigrants in the United States had median household incomes exceeding that of the U.S. born in 2012.
The Ongoing Challenge of Ensuring Human Rights for Migrants in the European Union and United States
In the wake of the Lampedusa tragedy the Director of the European Agency for Fundamental Rights discussed the state of rights protection in Europe as well as the agency’s role in this evolving arena, while ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project Founder and former National Director, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights President, and U.S. Justice Department Civil Rights Division Senior Counsel discuss the U.S. immigrant-rights movement.
As Immigration Reform Stalls in Congress, Activists Take a Page from the Civil-Rights Movement
Stalled immigration reform sparked a 2013 shift to civil disobedience, with 200 activists and eight members of Congress arrested near the Capitol in a single day.
The Lampedusa Tragedy Prompts the Question: Does the UN have any impact on the world’s migrants?
As hundreds drowned near Lampedusa in 2013, a rare UN migration dialogue spotlighted the world body's limited but potentially growing role in global migration governance.
What We Know About Migration and Development
The migration-development link is well evidenced but weakly governed, and most countries still treat emigration as a drain rather than a potential development asset.
Middle Eastern and North African Immigrants in the United States
Middle Eastern and North African immigrants in the United States held college degrees at higher rates than U.S.-born adults in 2011.
Newcomers to the Aloha State: A Portrait of Mexicans in Hawaii
Coinciding with Hispanic Heritage Month, panelists presented the findings from an MPI report about the little-known, yet growing, Mexican community in Hawai`i.
Mexicans in Hawaiʻi: Challenges and Prospects
This briefing at the State Capitol in Honolulu presented key demographic and socioeconomic information about the Mexican-origin population in Hawai’i.
